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Iht garimgtan '$tm. HENRY T. THOMPSON.) Editort. WADDY THOMPSON, | Thursday, Dec. 8, 1892. * SAVE CHARLESTON. It is the endeavor of Thk News to discuss all matters of pu-dic policy in an impartial manner and with as little politi- ca bias as possible. With this in view we look on both sides of every question. But there arc two bills, recently introduc ed into the Legislature, which have but one side to look upon and that is the bad side. There is ao good side. We refer to the bills to put Charleston in the Black District and to unload part of Berkeley upon Charles ton. No reason, that is no justone, can be given for these bills. Their conception is due to the basest political motives and their enactment will do the greatest injustice to Charleston —the mother of the State and its chief commerical city, whose people are as good and noble as any in the world. Can it be that we have drifted to that point when political prejudices and passions will lead us to legislate against our only large seaport and will make us will ing to consign the good citizens of that historic and venerable city, people of our own blood, to the mercy of an overwhelm ing negro majority? We can not believe it. The Legislature will not pass such unjust meas- ures. It is darklj* hinted that J. \\ illiam Stokes, who was re cently defeated by Mr. Brawley for Congress in the first district has instigated the bill to put Charleston in the Black Dis trict. Charleston now controls the first district and Stokes wants to go to Congress and the Tillmanites do not want a Con servative to represent that dis trict, hence Charleston must be sa 'rificed, basely sacrificed, for political purposes. If the Till manites want Stokes to go to Congress so very much, we should suggest that some of the ardent Tillmanite aspirants for Congressional bo. ors in the other disi,i'ic^s retire in his fa- vi r. The law does not require that a Congressman shall reside in the district he represents. This would be better than to sacrifice a whole city for one man. • The bill to unload a portion of Berkeley upon Charleston is even more base. It simply means the turning over of Char leston county and city to the Republicans, the placing of the wealth, intelligence and culture of the old city under the vandal hand of the negro. A NEW CONSTITUTION. We publish in another column a bill for a State Constitutional Convention which passed its third reading in the House of Representatives on Friday. The bill provides that “the question of a constitutional con vention of the people of South Carolina be submitted to the qualified electors of said State at the next general election, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for the mem bersof the General Assembly, voting on said question, vote in favor of such convention, it shall be the duty of the General Af sembly to designate the time and place and to prescribe the manner of holding said conven tion” Undoubtedly changes in the preset t Constitution are needed, but they are few, and ca i easily be made by amend ments submitted to the people. For sixteen years this plan has been pursued so successfully th it the Radical Constitution of 1868 has been stripped of nearly all of its objectionable fe itures. If, however, the voters should decide at the next general elec- tic a that a new Constitution is needed, it is to be hoped that th'-Convention which will as semble to frame the Constitu- tioa will submit its action to the people for ratification. The Constitution is the fundamental law under which we live and the framing of it is too impor- tai t a matter to be left entirely to the action of any set of men composing a convention. The final decision should rest with the people. They should be al lowed the opportunity to accept or "eject any or all of the pro- visons of the new Constitution. 1 It is their right to decide what; shall be the fundamental law of land. The fear that our old foes will participate in the vote of ratifi cation or rejection is but a phan tom—the same that appears regularly just before all our elections and vanishes on elec tion day. THE PROHIBITION QUESTION. The special committee ap pointed by the House of Repre sentatives to consider all meas ures pertaining to prohibition, which have been introduced into that body, has made its reports. The majority re port favors the passage of the bill, a synopsis of which was published in our last issue, with several amendments, the most important of which being one to provide for only one “permit- holder” in each county, except Charleston, which is to have four. This bill is known as the Childs bill. The minority re port favors the passage of the Perry bill, which provides for submitting the question of “pro hibition or no prohibition” to a general election, not a party primary, to be held next sum- mef. Yesterday was appointed as the day for the first reading of the Childs bill. We venture to predict that, should the Legislature pass the Childs bill, prohibition will be a farce. The bill is too cumbei- some and top heavy. There are too many provisions to be ob served and the duty of enforcing their observance is devolved upon too many people. Divid ed responsibility is bad enough and when the responsibility is distributed among a number of persons it is worse. It is too much like the old case of “what is everybody’s business is no body’s business ” As the liquor traffic is now regulated in this State, the evil exists, but it is under the sur veillance of the police and under a tax, which, in most places, is heavy. With the Childs prohi bition bill in force, the evil will still exist, but it will be without the surveillance of the police and without the tax. The rev enue will be gone and the li quor traffic will not be controlled by the law. life without a purpose. The Man Who Leads It is of No Use to Society. [National View.] A life without a purpose is a languid, lazy drifting thing. Like fioodwood in the stream, it is carried along by the other forces besides its own. And it amounts to about as much in the movements of society and the general progress of mate rial uimgs. A man thus condi tioned is neither here nor there. He cannot be counted on for anything useful or entertaining. He becomes shiftless and inane in spite of his better nature, and the incidental benign influen ces which cluster along in his path. We have heard of “a man without a country,” but a man without a purpose is quite as much lost to himself and all his surroundings; an isolated being without enterprise, spirit or courage ; in moral force, i o stimulating motive, no absorb ing passion, he drifts and drifts until lost in the vortex of his own inanity. Such a life is to be dreaded above all things. And there is power and moral force in one’s nature to resist the influences which produce such a condition. They should be aroused to their highest ten sion to avoid its culmination. LOVE POWDERS. A Superstition that Is Still Popular Among Negroes. The versatile contributor of short stories to the St. Louis Globe Democrat in a recent is sue says : Love powders are called for, if not frequently, at least at fairly regular intervals, by col ored people, and it is very little use trying to explain that such things do not exist. The same superstitions which provide busi ness for the fortune teller pre dictor causes the demand, but it is rare for a white person to make such a request at a drug store. The easiest way is to give a little sugar or some harm less powder, and if a scruple arises about taking any pay for it, the explanation can be ad ded that there is no charge, as payment would destroy the ef fects. I have said this more than once to close a discussion when busy, and the effect has been remarkable. A number of cheap, old fashioned books are still sold with love powder prescriptions in them, and this probably keeps up the demand. To trv to explain tha + theappli- ! cant has been mislead is to in vite a debate with illustration and anecdote by the bushel. GENERAL NEWS. ASH BARREL PHILOSOPHY. Items o' Interest From World. All Ovor Ths Congress convened on Tues day. Rev. John W. Scott, father- in-law of President Harrison, died at the White House on Tuesday of last week, aged 93 i years. A fire iu a tenement house in Brooklyn on Friday resulted in the death of two persons, father and child, aud the serious in- 1 jury of a number of others Two white men were lynched near Shreveport, La., last week. They were hung to a telegraph po e. Murder was the crime w.th which they were charged. Willie Bell, a fifteen-year-old negro boy, was hanged in Ma con, Ga., on Tuesday of last week, for killing a deputy sher iff who had arrestee him for petit larcenj. Jay Gould who has for years enjoyed the distinction of bein the “King” of Wall Street, diei in New York on Friday, aged 5(1 years. H is fortune is esti mated from -160,000,000 to $1,00- 000,000. News has just been received in America io the effect that an agent of the American Bible Society was recently attacked by a mob in Peru. His Bibles were taken from him and burn ed in the streets. The mob was incited to the outrage by priests. A terrible earthquake recent ly visited the island of San Sal vador. In one city sixty build ings were destroyed and a num ber of people injured. One-third of a neighboring island was split off by a shock and sudden ly sank out of sight into the sea. of last week two men walked into a bank entown, N. J., and at the point of pistols compelled the employees of the bank to hand them over $2,000. The robbers were captured, however, before they left the town and the money recovered. One day young at A.lit Artist—I suppose you’re jok ing to offer ninepence for a pic- 1 ture like this ? Why the can vas cost a shilling. Picture Dealer—Very likely my good sir. But w’hen you bought it, it was clean.—STif- Bite. STATE NEWS. Gathered From Our Exchanges, and Put in Paragraphs. A little daughter of the late Capt. D. L. Hall, of Anderson, was burned to death last week. The famous Agricultural Hall case has been abandoned. The death of one of the defendants is the cause. Pine Fant, a young white man of Pendleton, Anderson county, shot and killed a negro in that town last week. Mr. Robert Morrison, a very prominent school teacher, and principal of the graded schools of Union, died in that town on Friday. The gin house, with its con tents, and the dwelling of D. H. Cooper, in Sumter county, were burned last week. Loss $2,600, insurance $175. The fire was the work of an incendiary. On Friday a young white man, named John Camp, was killed near t affney City, Spar tanburg coi nty, by a negro, named Littlejohn. They were hunting tog: ther and the negro claims the shooting was acci dental. Incendiaries set fire to the dwelling and gin house of Mr. Calvin Chandler, in Sumter county, on Friday night, and both were destroyed Mr. Chan dler and his family barely es caped with their lives. The loss is very severe. The first marketable tea ever produced in the United States was put upon the market in Baltimore on Friday. It was grown by Charles U. Sheppard at Summerville, in this State Experts have tested the tea and pronounce it of the very finest quality. Mr. Henry Mullins, and his brother, Mr.E. W. Mullins, were hunting near Mullins, Marion county, on Thanksgiving day, when Mr. Henry Mullins’ gun was accidentally discharged, the entire load lodging in the upper part of his brother’s face. The wound is serious, but the injured man is doing very well. The news of a horrible case of burning comes from Orangeburg county. Last week a negro ac cidentally spilt a lot of turpen tine upon his defies. Anoth< r negro, moved by curiosity, put a lighted match to his clothes to see if they would burn. Immo diately the man became envel oped in flames and a h> r ib’e death was the result. MARRIAGE NOT A FAILURE. The Percentage of Divorces Exceed* ingly Small. [Portland Oregonian.] During tht past twenty years 3-8,000 divorces have been ranted by the courts of the nited States, 90 per cent, of them women. This total dwindles when brought into comparison with the number of marriages during the same per iod. One-tventieth of the total is 16,400, the numbergraut- ed each year only about 1 per cent, of the no m ber of marriages There is nothing in the world that human beings undertake to do that ca i show so email a percentage < f total failure as marriage. There is doubt if di vorces much xceed golden wed dings in number. They cer tainly do not exceed silver wed dings. Th« Cramlj xn«l Trarrdj of a n«*«*#-ti ,14 Recalled by IU Receptacle for Oebrle. An uh barrel overflowing with house hold refmie! Not a very tempting object, but a vol- ome of philosophy is stowed away among the enrions debris of this let receptacle on the curbstone. Near the top is a bit of dainty fabric u —ere fragment of a woman's handkerchief. It has fluttered in the brisk sea breeie of Newport or Long Branch, a pretty vehicle of gay flirtations. A sad spectacle it is now with its torn and soiledTace edging. Be neath this relic of the flown snmmer lies the femiled end of a heavy walking stick—the gift of a fond mamma to her fair haired boy, who is considered a great swell among his fellow chappies. The cane was a bit oat of fashion when the youngster's mother presented it, and “the fellows of the club,” you know, guyed him about the stick. In a fit of anger he broke the thing over his knee (a wondrous feat of strength), and it found its way next morning to the ash barrel. Peeping from beneath a broken fruit dish is the tiny toe of a dilapidated patent leather boot. The graceful linee of a feminine foot are still there, despite the shabbinese. Do you think this san dal of a modern Venus still remembers the night that Hsxry Highflier begged to drink in champagne the health of his adored one from this same castoff piece of footgear? A battered, torn and gloeslese silk hat of a date long past next comes to light. Through what vicissitudes has this dis carded “tile" accompanied paterfamil ias! It would still be reposing in a cor ner of an attic closet had not the wife »f the wearer's bosom thrown it in the rubbish pile. What a jumble of broken objects are overturned by the prodding hook—a young girl's glove; a bunch of wilted roses, with a card attached (compli ments of Dick Dovely); a fragment of mirror, with the end of a spray of forget- menots painted on its silver surface; a shred of materfamilias’ wedding dress; a shattered Nankeen vase; a badly cracked billiard ball and the remnants of a schoolboy's slate! Ah, but here is a symbol of gayety— the green nose of a pot bellied demijohn —rotund and robust, and not a mite dis concerted by its present unfortunate po sition. Its fiery contents, long since dis appeared down the throats of men, has helped to cheer as well as make foolish the drinkers at its iont. The scrap of rqg, which stands like a soft wall be tween a sharp edged brick and the wil low clad sides of the demijohn had saved the latter from destruction. Good luck nsually attends the wicked and unthink ing. Some scraps of paper are blown up ward by the strong autumn breeze. They are fragments of a letter. “Must have —money immediately—been foolish— —lost all—gambling—mean to reform— your refusal—will be ruined.” Here is another scrap of paper, with a girlish scrawl on its much soiled surface; “Dearest Harry—never thought—cared for me—very happy—call soon—your own.”—New York Recorder. The Fat* of Famous Hulks. The outcry which has been raised against the destruction of Nelson's old flagship, the Foudroyant, makes it inter esting to trace the end of other famous vessels. The Shannon, which fought and cap tured the Chesapeake, was broken up at Chatham, parts of her hull being sold at a fancy price. Sir Francis Drake’s Golden Hind came to a similar end at Deptford, a chair made out of her tim bers being one of the treasures of Ox ford university. The Resolute, which went in search of Sir John Franklin, and after being abandoned in an ice waste was picked up by an American whaler and returned refitted by the United States government to this coun try, was moored in the Medway for some years afterward, but ultimately taken in dock and pulled to pieces, a suit of furniture fashioned from her oaken timbers being sent ati a memento to the American president. The Sov ereign of the Seas, the first British three decker, built in the time of Charles I, “to the great glory of the English na tion, and not to be paralleled in the whole Christian world,” was acciden tally destroyed by fire at Chatham after seeing much and long service. Of Captain Cook’s Endeavor not a trace is left, though several of his scien tific instruments have been preserved, nor is there any trace of the Victoria, which made the first voyage round the world. The Betsy Cains, which brought William of Orange to this country in 1688, was cast away 188 years later.— London Standard. Dr. Lalag’a Method of Distilling. Some interesting processes in obtain ing distilled or lighter products from mineral oils have been described by Dr. Laing, of Edinburgh, before the Royal Scottish Society of Arts. Among these he names the arrangement of a still in such a manner that the oil is continu- eusly being distilled into itself until the required density is obtained. Dr. Laing showed that radiant heat is a powerful agent in breaking down oil vapors, and can be utilized by passing the gases as they leave the still through a super heater at a high temperature, placed between the still and the condenser. His ingenious method for distilling under pressure—by means of which a hold is kept on all the considerable gases until liquefied—he describes as consist ing of a relief tank interposed between the pressure valve and the condenser, into which the gases escape as they come from the still, the pressure here getting distributed over such a large ar^a that it is practically reduced to nil, the oil running to the receiver at ordinary at mospheric pressure. Dr. Laing’s new form of still for pre venting oils being broken down, as in distilling for lubricating oils and paraf fine wax, is so constructed that the non conducting heavy residues which are continually forming under distillation are constantly being removed from the source of heat.—New York Sun. Tk* Wire* Under th* Sea. The world's submarine cables now measure about 143,011 nautical miles, in 1,168 sections. Different governments control 833 sections, or 18,383 miles, France claiming 8,269 miles, Great Brit ain 1,599, Germany 1,579, and Italy 1,027 miles. The remaining 835 cables, aggregating 129,628 miles, are owned by private companies. This great length of cable has been nearly all made on the banks of the 'names, but Italy now has a cable factory, and France will soon have two. To lay and repair the cables requires the constant service of a spe cially equipped fleet of thirty-seven ves sels of 56,955 tons.—Ohio State Journal. A Moaster Map. Professor Penck’s scheme is to con struct a new map of the world on a scale of 1 to 1,000,000, or about sixteen miles to the inch, the sheets to embrace 5 deg*, in each direction, except for lati tude* beyond 50 degs., for which the width would be 10 degs. of longitude. The land surface would require 769 sheets. The cost is placed at $500,000 beyond probable returns from sales.— Ohio Stats Journal. Feat* Ass Of Shakespeare W< contains only a monument. His as everybody knows, rest at Stretford- npon-Avon, and Milton is honored only by a bust The author of “Paradise Lost” is buried in the Church of 8t. Giles, Cripplsgats, and there is no reason to doubt that the dean and chapter of his day would have refused him ths right of sepulture in the abbey when he died had it been then asked for. Even so late as the beginning of the Eighteenth century the phrase, “second to Milton alone,’’ which had been proposed as an eplta] for the poet Phillips, was “ruled out’ Dean Sprat, who regarded the name of Milton as too detestable to appear in a building dedicated to religion. Thirty years later not only Milton’s name but ths bust to his memory was admitted, although the aecompsmying inscription was not of a felicitous char acter. Byron was actually refused burial in the abbey; Goldsmith lies in the precincts of the temple; Gray was buried in the country churchyard, that at Stoke Poges, near Slough, in which he wrote bis immortal "Elegy;” and of more modern bards Wordsworth, Ten nyson’s immediate predecessor in the laureateship, is buried “by Rotha’s stream” in Grasmere churchyard, while the heart of Shelley and the body of Keats are interred in a Protestant ceme tery at Rome. Posterity is the only sure judgs of poetical renown, and who can doubt that were Keats and Shelley to die now they would as a matter of course be accorded a place where Browning and Tennyson lie. It is a safe predic tion, however, that onr descendants will not hold us of the Nineteenth century to blame for admitting into the poets’ cor ner the remains of the author of “Morte d’Arthur” and “In Memoriam.”—Lon don Telegraph. The Chlsamaa's "Yellow Oath.” One of the strangest judicial proceed ings perhaps ever witnessed is that of the Chinaman taking what he is pleased to call the “yellow oath.” The “oath” or declaration is always written on a piece of “sacred" paper, and U as fol lows: “This is to call the spirits, both good and evil, to descend and watch over the trial of , who is charged with murdering . If I swear falsely and tell one nntruth, or do not make statements according to the facts in the case, I humbly beg the celestial terres trial spirits to redress the wrong done to and to punish me immediately for having been a false witness; to ar rest my soul in its flight; to make me perish by the sword, or to cause me to die while on the sea far from home. This is my true and solemn oath, uttered by my own lips, and signed by me this, the day of the month in the year of the reign of the Emperor ; and in proof of the earnestness of my declarations, may my soul be de stroyed as I now destroy this paper—by fire.” Immediately after the witness finishes reading his “yellow oath” a lighted candle is handed to him, and the paper is given as food for the flames. To the writer’s certain knowledge this form of oath has been administered but once in an American court of justice— during the trial of Wong Ah Foo, who was accused of murdering Lot Ah Gou at San Francisco in 1885. In China the candle used in this extraordinary cere monial is made from the fat of criminals who have undergone the death penalty. —St. Louis Republic. ••mb A Practical Illuitrat lou. Uncle Silas was the best posted man on general topics in the village, and a hunter of renown as well. He also had a virago for t wife. Dear, dear, what a temper that woman had! She was the only thing on earth of which Uncle Silas was afraid. One day a class of school children called on the old man. They were sent by their teacher to get some facts in natural history. “We’ve come,” said the spokesman of the class, “to ask you some questions, Uncle Silas, about the habits and cus toms of the wildcat” Uncle Silas had been very glad to see them, as the broad smi’o on hu face testified. But now he looked very much alarmed. "H-u-s-hP he said, with a eaitloua gesture; “who on arth sent ye here on such a’ errand?’ “Miss Knowles, our teacher,” said the class in concert. "Waal, she oughter know bot*er. I ain't never bed anythin to say about them thar critters sence—oh, Lordy, thar she comes!” And Uncle Silas lit out as a UL' wom an armed with a broom lit in. “Think ye’r smart, do ye?’ sh* 'cream ed. “Wanter know about wildcats, hey? Got up a joke on the ole man, but I’ll teach ye to joke on fac's. Take that home for yer pains.” Whack, whack, went the broom, and it did not fail in its aim, as two of the boys who were the last to get out could easily prove.—Detroit Free Press. Japanese Dentist 17. “The Japanese use no instrument for extracting teeth, but lift them or- with the thumb and forefinger,” said Henry Baker to a guest of the Southern, who was wearing his jaw in a sling as the re sult of a pair of forceps slipping and getting more than they were sent for. "While jolly Dick Hubbard was min ister to Japan I visited that country and spent a pleasant week with him. One day I was troubled with the toothache, and Mr. Hubbard took me to a dentist and explained to the saddle colored operator that I wanted the grinder ex tracted. I was placed in a bamboo chair and tilted slightly liack. The dentist examined my teeth, talking volubly meanwhile to Uncle Sam’s representa tive. Suddenly his thumb and forefinger closed on the troublesome tooth, and before I had the faintest idea of what was going to happen he lifted it out and held it up before me, smiling at the same time that vacant smile peculiar to the children of the orienL ‘You were waiting for the forceps, were you? said Minister Hubbard, with a laugh. ’They don’t use ’em here.’ ”—SL Louis Globe- Democrat. A Goldfish 11m Sport. I was much interested one day in the actions of a goldfish in an aquarium. The fish was resting quietly within a few inches of the surface, when it sud denly ejected n fish scale from its month. As ths scale was slowly sinking, the fish suddenly darted downward, drew | the scale into its mouth and rose toward the surface, where it remained motion less for several moments. The whole performance was repeated several times. Whatever may have been the exact motive which prompted these actions on the part of the fish, we may fairly con clude that the object was recreation.— Youth’s Companion. Making a Moak*y U**fal. A cook on board ship taught his mon key to band the wood, and in other ways to assist him in doing the kitchen work. African apes, when they go in a body to plunder gardens and plantations, are adroit enough to station a sentinel in a tree, who informs ths plunderers of the approach of any person by uttering a shriek.—Harper's Young People. Monkey « ere not vary brave, although ths gorilla will sfflmettnise attack an eU- gkMt when he Is enre ef hie advantage. gorilla often carries a hags stick and know* bow to use it. As ths elephant ti fond of the same fruit which attract* the gorilla, an encounter fre quently tabes plaoe.’ The gorilla, seated fas the tree, esse the elephant approneb, cautiously drops down to a bough, And availing Mmaalf of ths opportunity brings his -slab sharply down on ths sensitive trunk of hit enemy, who rushes away trumpHt&g witt anger and pain. —Harper's Young People. A. F. Parker, a street car conductor te Oakland.CaL, possesses two medals— cos given by ths queen and the other by ths khedive sf Egypt. lor bravery oa the battlefield. Mr. Parker toek part in the march with Wolaeley across ths to Khartoom to relieve Gordon. Ontinance* Okkick ok the Match Town of Darlington, S. C., December t, 1892. Be it oidered that pursuant to sec tion 5 of the Charter of the Town of Darlington, B. C., we publish and make the following ordinance ; That boro re any voter shall be en titled to vote for Mayor and Aider- man for the Town of Darlington S. C., at an election for the same to be held on Tuesday, December 20, 18!'2, he shall be required to register at the place appointee, by the Town Coun cil, upon taking the following oath, “That he is 2t years of age aud has been a resident of the State of South Carolina for one year and the Town of Darlington for sixty days preceding this election, and that he is not for any cause under the law and I onsti- tution of the said State disqualified as a voter.” Be it further ordained that, for the purpose of holding aud giving opjior- tunity to the electors of said Town to register r s above required, three (8) manager of said registration to be appointed by the Mayor, shall meet at the Council Chamber of the Town of Darlington, and, after taking the following oath., "That they will im partially register all voters who may present themselves to take the above prescribed oath,” shall take down and keep a record of all persons who pre sent themselves for registration and for the p irpose of allowing the said electors to register, the said mana gers shall meet at the Council Cham ber on the mornings of the 14 and 15 days of December at 8 o’clock A. M. and keep said place open for registra tion unti 6 o’clock P. M. of each day. The same managers shall be on Tuesday, the 20 day of December 1892, at the same hours, as provided for in the said registration and re ceive the votes of all electors who have eon plied with the law, and after the polls are closed at 6 o’clock on the evening of the 20 day of December 1892, proceed to count the votes and declare the election, and in three (3) days thereafter serve written notice on the persons who have been elected Mayor and Alder- of said Town. The said managers, after counting the votes east and declaring ths elec tion, shall return the said ballots to said box, seal same, aud turn over said box to the Town Council. That all persons who shall in any way interfere with the managers in ths discharge of their duty, or who .hall illegally vote, shall be fined not less than five dollars, nor more than twenty-five dollars, or be imprisoned for not less than five days, nor more than thirty days, or both. of Council. | By order < Attest, J. W. EVANS, Clerk. W. F. DARGAN. Mayor. Auditor’s Notice. Auditor’s Office, I Darlington, S. C., Dec. 1, 1892.) This office will be open for listing rhe property of the county for fiscal year, commencing November 1 1892, ind ending October 81 1898, from January 1 1893 to Febuary 20 1898, a* required by law, excepting days uam ed below for country precincts. Per- .onal property oi every character to ;ie retun.ed, all new buildings or ad dition to, or improvements on build ings since last return* were made, all hanges or transfers in real estates must be made underoath. All real es tate owners must not rely upon the Auditor’! transfer book or record of titles ; th i law does not require the Auditor <o make up his tax duplicate from any records excepting the origi nal recor Is, or returns as sworn tv op the taxpayer. Take due notice now. Any retu rn made and sworn to before «ny one olse, excepting my duly ap pointed and authorized deputy, will >e receiv ‘d subject to my approval or lisappro'/al. In any and eveiy in- .tance the returns will be rejected un less mad<- iu strict conformity to law. I’enaltiet will be attached where tax payers do not comply with the law in making their returns. All m.tle persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years are deemed taxable polls unless physically unable to earn a support. I will attend in person or by deputy at the several places in the county on the following dates; Leaveusworth, Tuesday, Jan. 8. Antioch, Wednesday, Jan. 4. Hartsvdle, Thursday, Jan. 5. Stokes Bridge, Friday and Satur day. Jan. 6and 7. Lydia, Monday, Jan. 9. Cypress, Tuesday, Jan. 10. Lamar, Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. Hard 12. Jaspar Friday, Jan. 18. Philadelphia, Saturday, Jau. 14. Society Hill, Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 16 and 17. High Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 18. Meohai icsville. Thursday. Jan.'19. W. H. LAWRENCE, Auditor D. C. Lumber! Lumber!! J UST arrived and for sale cheap for cash, six car loads of rough ind dressed lumber, such as Fram ing, Flooring, Ceiling and. Weather Board ng, at EARLY’S LUMBER YARD, on line C. 8. 4 N. R. R. Mch 24—tf. Just received and FOR SALE At the New Livery, Sale and Feed Stables of Main Street. Not 4—in) HOME PLAIN MilTH RMi! With the whort crop find low prices how are the people to supply tieir many wants? Our answer is, Bu; where your dollar will bring you the most. Friendship and small favors in the past wire all very well, but this year every dol lar Ji£STi»oDouBi£hUTTjFPossnu^ We claim o be the place to buy, and ask your considera tion of the following— WE BUY STRICTLY FOR CASH and discount every bill, thus buying fifteen to twenty per cent, cheaper than our competitor who buys on four months time. We are willing to give our customers this diffirence. We have just returned from New York with the most com plete stock of — Drj Gods, Ittiois, Ste, Itti ui Wig - -. that we have ever rh-jwn here. No Seconds, Misfits, Off Colors, or Job Lots from auction, but all elegant and reliable goods. Remen ber, don’t buy a dollar’s worth until you see our stock All we ass. is a fair and square comparison of our goods. Tiankingyou for your past liberal patronage, we invite you to call and see us. Yours respectfully, A. J. BBOOM. W’illcox’s Old Drug Store. B XQ- IlsTS AT HUNLEY ACC’S. A large stock of Ladies’ Dress Goods, Worsted at 10c to 50c. Fan cy Goods, Notions, Neckwear, Underwear at prices to suit the times. Shoes a Specialty. Men’s genuine oil grained shoes Men’s Congress shoes Ladies’ Button shoes Ladies’ Button shoes . Ladies’ Dongola Button shoes $1.25. . $1.25 to $3. $1.00. . $1.15. $1.25. Bargains, in Men's, Childi en *s and Ladies' Shoes. Groceries, Hardware and Tobacco. Bacon, Rice, Coffee, Sugar, Lard, Bagging and Ties at the lowest market price. Flour at $4, $4.75 to $5.50 per bbl. Tobacco, a good article at 25c perJlb.JJJCall and see jus. We will not be un dersold. Respectfully, J. F. HU CO, Harts ville, S. Sept 8—6m. SHNTH Until after Christmas his headquarters will be at the Darlington Book Store. Call on him and see his magnificent array of presents, such as Biiiih, Toys, aid Toilet Sets! CONFECTIONS & FRUITS. UP TO - CHRISTMAS E WILL SELL OH ENTIRE STKI OF Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoes -At First Cost !• ...ROTHOLZ...